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Senior Commercial Analyst

Location: 

Houston, Texas, US, 77002

Job ID#:  922
Job Category:  Commercial / Risk
Position Type:  Regular FT

JERA Americas Inc. is part of a global energy company, supporting the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable world while fulfilling our responsibility to provide a safe and stable supply of reliable and affordable energy. The Company is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based JERA, which stands for Japan's Energy for a New Era. JERA has committed to achieving net zero CO2 emissions from its businesses by 2050 and is contributing to the development of a sustainable society.

JERA Americas seeks to continue its rapid expansion into renewable energy markets focusing on wind, solar, and cutting-edge technologies for hydrogen production and transportation. To meet the challenges of a fast-growing company, we are searching for talented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to be part of the equation to provide energy for a new era.

Summary

The Commercial Analyst will actively participate in supporting portfolio optimization, dispatch / biding, hedging, and market analysis for Commercial operations.

JERA Americas Inc. is part of a global energy company, with a large-scale power generation, LNG, and trading business, supporting the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable world while fulfilling our responsibility to provide a safe and stable supply of reliable and affordable energy. The Company is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based JERA, which stands for Japan's Energy for a New Era. JERA has committed to achieving net zero CO2 emissions from its businesses by 2050 and is contributing to the development of a sustainable society.

JERA Americas seeks to continue its rapid expansion into renewable energy markets focusing on wind, solar, and cutting-edge technologies for hydrogen production and transportation. To meet the challenges of a fast-growing company, we are searching for talented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to be part of the equation to provide energy for a new era.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team rapidly expanding commercial and trading capabilities for the Americas.

Position Description

Key responsibilities include a combination of analytics to support commercial decisions:

  • Support analysis for Day-Ahead bidding strategy and trade execution of power generation for thermal and renewable facilities in PJM, ISO-NE, ERCOT, and NYISO
  • Developing processes/systems to support front-office operations required to optimize generation assets. Working across internal teams (front, middle, and back-office) to capture transactions in Risk Management system (ETRM), Finance, and Accounting Systems.
  • Reporting on critical commercial and operational metrics on generation portfolio.
  • Working with plant operations, third-party energy managers, and fuel suppliers (intraday gas procurement) for optimal asset trading and optimization.
  • Reviewing and managing project contractual obligations. 
  • Utilize analytical expertise, quantitative skills, and programming knowledge to uncover and recommend hedging and trading opportunities in the commodity markets (power, RECs, natural gas, etc.).
  • Assisting with asset valuation support on due diligence for M&A opportunities.

 

Position Description Continued

  • Following the daily physical and financial power markets. Research the ancillary, energy, and capacity markets, emissions/REC markets, and regulatory developments. Identify key market drivers and data points.
  • Understanding power market dynamics that impact individual generation assets and the overall general portfolio.
  • Formulating short and long-term market views and forecast power prices to optimize asset trading and hedging decisions.
  • Undertake ad hoc tasks, including preparing commercial operations presentations. 

 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative discipline, Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field
  • 3-5 years of energy or infrastructure industry experience
  • An understanding of the physical and financial power markets
  • Strong spreadsheet, programming, and presentation skills
  • Must be a creative thinker with strong investigative and analytical skills

 

Preferred Education and Experience

  • Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline, Mathematics, Science, Engineering, or related field
  • Proficiency in coding, Python
  • Modeling project finance transactions in power generation sector is a plus

Qualifications Continued

Competencies

  • Possess intellectual curiosity
  • Knowledge of power markets and fundamental drivers
  • Programming proficiency, Python
  • Experience with MS SQL, VBA
  • Excellent quantitative and analytical skills

 

JERA Americas does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, JERA Americas shall have no obligation to pay any referral compensation or recruiter fee.

AP/EEO Statement

JERA Americas Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics.


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